A high-speed thrill ride has been shut down and is being dismantled after a man died when he was thrown from a similar attraction in the US.

The Beach Party ride, which swings seated riders up into the air while spinning them around, has been decommissioned at Coney Beach Amusement Park in Porthcawl.

Five rides across the UK were served with enforcement notices ordering them to shut by the Health and Safety Executive after the Eagle Claw incident in Ohio.

Funfair owner Pat Evans said he took the decision to close it down and remove certain parts just hours after the 18-year-old man died and three others were critically injured after being flung from the ride, also known as the KMG Afterburner, at the Ohio State Fair.

Footage from the incident in the US appears to show one of the passenger carriages, which are attached to a pendulum, breaking loose.

Funfair owner Pat Evans, pictured here with his beach cleaning machine, said he acted within hours of the US incident (Image: Rob Browne)

Mr Evans said he did not wait for formal notification of closure to be received from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

“By 8am last Thursday we had consulted with our regulatory bodies and, in light of certain advice given to us, we took the immediate decision to remove the Afterburner, known on our park as Beach Party, from commission,” he said.

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“A decision was made by our team to refer the matter to the ride manufacturers and to send key elements of the ride to them for examination. The matter was reported to the Health and Safety Executive.”

The HSE has now served a formal prohibition notice on the Beach Party ride and four other Afterburner rides in the UK, which are located at Pleasure Wood Hills, Norfolk, Ryan Crow Amusements in the north east of England, and Brean Theme Park in Somerset.

The other ride is owned by Joseph Manning in Herefordshire.

The Beach Party ride towered over the Coney Beach Amusement Park in Porthcawl (Image: Andrew James)

Mr Evans said: “Our actions were pre-emptive and done entirely in the interests of public safety which, at all times, is our paramount priority.

“The ride will not be rebuilt and commissioned for further public use until it has been thoroughly examined by the manufacturer and other regulatory bodies and passed as safe.”